tondöv

Swedish

Etymology

From ton (“tone”) +‎ döv (“deaf”).

Adjective

tondöv (comparative tondövare, superlative tondövast)

  1. tone-deaf (when it comes to tones or being unwittingly offensive)

Declension
Inflection of tondöv
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular tondöv tondövare tondövast
Neuter singular tondövt tondövare tondövast
Plural tondöva tondövare tondövast
Masculine plural3 tondöve tondövare tondövast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 tondöve tondövare tondövaste
All tondöva tondövare tondövaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

References
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